Nancy Pelosi becomes latest top Democrat to endorse Joe Biden

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>US House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid&comma; expanding the list of high-profile Democrats who have rallied around the former vice president&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The California Democrat&comma; in video remarks&comma; said Mr Biden offers <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hope and courage&comma; values&comma; authenticity and integrity”<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said he would be a <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;voice of reason and resilience”<&sol;em> amid the coronavirus pandemic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Pelosi also cited Mr Biden’s work as President Barack Obama’s vice president during the 2010 health care overhaul and the economic recovery acts after the 2008 financial collapse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">I&&num;39&semi;m incredibly honored by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SpeakerPelosi&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;SpeakerPelosi<&sol;a>&&num;39&semi;s endorsement and grateful for her historic leadership in Congress&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Together&comma; we helped pass Obamacare and together we can not only bring this country back from the brink from this current crisis&comma; but transform it&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;nJG599w7lU">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;nJG599w7lU<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Joe Biden &lpar;&commat;JoeBiden&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;JoeBiden&sol;status&sol;1254756132746379266&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">April 27&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her support was not unexpected now that Mr Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee to take on President Donald Trump in November&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; her backing ratifies Mr Biden’s contention that he is the party’s best chance to keep the House majority and regain Senate control from Republicans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Pelosi spearheaded Democrats’ midterm House victories in 2018&comma; when Democrats won more than 40 Republican-held seats to take the majority and hand Ms Pelosi a second turn as the first woman speaker in US history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Biden argued that Democrats succeeded in the 2018 midterms because they did not move too far to the left in historically Republican-leaning districts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Pelosi has said repeatedly that Democrats win when they recruit candidates who <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fit their district”<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The approach has exposed both Mr Biden and Ms Pelosi to criticism from Democrats’ left flank&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both argue against the <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Medicare for All”<&sol;em> single-payer insurance proposal advance by progressive Democrats&comma; including Mr Biden’s former primary rivals Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Pelosi and Mr Biden counter with the argument that winning elections is the way to advance liberal policies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the case of health care&comma; 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